The popular local bluegrass band Eight Dollar Mountain will play from 2 to 4 p.m.

Items will be raffled off, including a season pass for next winter, gift cards and lift tickets.

Saturday's Pray for Snow Party is replacing the ski area's 50th anniversary celebration, which had been planned for that day but has now been postponed.

The ski area received a coating of snow in early December, but not enough to open. That snow largely disappeared during weeks of dry weather since then.

New snow has fallen on the mountain this week, thanks to clouds that are bringing rain to the Rogue Valley floor. The mountain's website reported a snow base of zero to 2 inches this morning and several inches fell during the day.

For more information and updates on the Mt. Ashland Ski Area, visit www.mtashland.com or call the snow conditions phone at 541-482-2SKI.